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Ecopath-based simulation and optimization of management options for the Eastern Gulf of Mexico reef fish fishery

Creator:

Larkin, Sherry, Alvarez, Sergio, Chagaris, Dave, Tetzlaff, Jake, Walters, Carl, Allen, Mike, Mahmoudi, Behzad, Lindberg, Bill, and Pine, Bill

Abstract:

Ecological and economic tradeoffs of proposed management actions were assessed using the Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) and Ecospace software. The model has 70 biomass pools (e.g., detritus, primary producers, invertebrates, fish, dolphins, sea birds), including multiple age-classes of key species. After mass-balancing, the model was driven using observed fishing mortality...

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